The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, also known as LIHEAP, helps low-income families pay their heating bills. LIHEAP is a grant that offers assistance in the form of a cash grant, sent directly to the utility company, or a crisis … Continued
Voting matters. It empowers communities, and brings us together as Americans. It makes your voice heard by signaling to people in charge what matters most. Voting should be easy, inclusive, and awesome. On Election Day, the best response to any … Continued
Our Protect the Vote campaign is underway! Over 4,000 volunteers are standing ready to assure that voters will have a voice on Election Day. We’ve also set up national, nonpartisan hotlines that voters can call to get the help they … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2016/october/swpa-2016-college-no-longer-guarantees-rising-wages%E2%80%94degree-holders-need-agenda-raise-pa Oct 28, 2016 09:13 am | John Neurohr The post below is one of a series of posts about specific trends examined in the recently-released annual edition of The State of Working Pennsylvania. We’ve already laid out how Pennsylvania … Continued
By Don Hopey / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Pennsylvania Medical Society has called for a moratorium on new shale gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing and is urging the state to establish an independent health registry and start studying fracking’s public health … Continued
Posted at https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/10/31/bill-ayers-asks-what-will-happen-if-we-consider-education-a-human-right-not-a-mere-product/ It was great to escape the deplorable, scary election news to spend Friday evening in conversation with Bill Ayers, on a tour to promote his new book, Demand the Impossible: A Radical Manifesto. Ayers is best known … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-10-31/energy-policy/pa-senate-bill-threatens-energy-efficiency-efforts/a54728-1 October 31, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Large commercial and industrial customers use almost one-third of all electricity consumed in Pennsylvania. (pexels.com) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Environmentalists say a bill … Continued
From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): Across America and Pennsylvania, voters are sending a clear message: the unaccountable “politics-as-usual” that empowers insider interests at the expense of everyday citizens is unacceptable. The partisan manipulation of legislative districts behind closed doors denies … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/10/28/outcomes-programs-work-human-needs/#.WBNxiC0rIdU By Lecia Imbery October 28, 2016 As supporters of human needs programs, we know federal programs are essential and effective tools in the fight against poverty and inequality. Now we have new advocacy tools that help you show … Continued